Someone has obviously done a lot of work tracing your ancestors. It would be beneficial to others reading about them, however, if it were presented in a format that one could easily follow. Speaking for myself, my chin fell to my chest in the middle of the third sentence. I'll wager others had a similar reaction. For everyone who wants to convey information on a mailing list: *please* make it concise and easy to read. There are some standard formats used in genealogy for presenting family trees. Examples are below, using American conventions. _ Jacob | KAISER _ Nicholaus -| | KAISER |_ Elisabetha | KIEFER Andreas– | _ Andrea KAISER | | THILBURG |_ Anna Elis.-| THILBURG |_ Maria Elisabetha TROUMPH _ Lucia | KAISER | _ Michael----| _ Joseph | KAISER | | MAAS | |_ Anna----| | MAAS |_ Anna | HILLENDORF | Maria – | _ Andrea KAISER | | THILBURG |_ Anna-------| MAAS |_ Maria Elisabetha TROUMPH KAISER Jacob + KIEFER Elisabetha ...KAISER Nicholaus + THILBURG Anna Elisabetha ......KAISER Andreas b. 1815 + KAISER Maria d. < 1849 ......... Nicholas b. 1842 ......... Eva b. 1845 + 1849 ESSLINGER Magdelena b. 1821 ...Anna b. 1850 + WEBER Christian ...... Andrew b. 1870 + THOMSON Amy ...... Henry b. 1881 + SCHMIDTKE Mary ...... Lorenz (L.B.) b. 1879 + HUGHES Jenny ...... Peter b. 1875 + KREUGER Clara ...... John b. 1886 ...... Jeanette "Nettie" b. 1885 + POLEGE Max ...... Magdelena "Lena" b. 1873 + REED DeWaine ...... Katherine "Katie" b. 1877 + KOHL Charles ...... Mary b. 1887 + LAESSIG Francis Hubert "Frank" ...... Jake b. 1889 d. 1890 ...Magdelena b. 1851 d. young ...Peter b. 1854 + OLINGER Susan ...Lawrence b. 1858 + PETRY Mary ...John b. 1859 + KESSLER Marietta ...Andrew B. b. 1861 + HUGHES MAROHL Nel ...Jacob B. b. 1863 + PETRY Susan ...Theresa b. 1867 + HUGHES Garrett ...Mary b. 1867 + OHLINGER John ...Elisabetha THILBURG Andrea + TROUMPH Maria Elisabetha ...THILBURG Anna Elisabetha KAISER Lucia + MAAS Anna ...KAISER Michael + MAAS Anna ......KAISER Maria MAAS Joseph + HILLENDORF Anna ...MAAS Anna ESELINGER Mathias + FAH Susanne ...ESELINGER Mathias + ZEHREN Catharina ZEHREN Mathias ...ZEHREN Anton + BOESEN Margaretha ......ZEHREN Mathias + Anne WEBER .........ZEHREN Catharina BOESEN Michael ...BOESEN Margaretha WEBER Jacob + MAY Johanna ...WEBER Jacob + BERG Anna Barbara ......WEBER Christian + LINDEN REIDEN Elisabeth ........WEBER Anne MAY Mathias + Editha ...MAY Johanna WEBER Petri + FISCHER Elisabetha ...WEBER Michael b. 1807 + KAISER Elisabeth ......WEBER Christian KAISER Michael + SPANIER Magdelena b. 1796 Weiler ...KAISER Elisabeth b. 1823 SPANIER Gotthard< 1647 d. 1727 + SCHU Anna b. c. 1669 d. 1711 ...SPANIER Johann b. 1731 Weiten + FRITZ Catharina b. 1737 Mettlach ......SPANIER Nicolaus + 1791 DRIESCH Susanna 1768-1825 .........SPANIER Magdelena b. 1796 Weiler anaquea wrote: > > A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY TRIER ANCESTORS and their descendants by Patti > Laessig at anaquea@dwave.net > > My great great grandfather, Andreas KAISER was born 18 January 1815 in > the Trier area of Germany. He is the son of Nicholaus KAISER and Anna > Elisabetha THILBURG (or TILBURG). Nichaolas KAISER is the son of Jacob > KAISER (KAYSER) and Elisabetha KIEFER. Anna THILBURG is the daughter of > Andrea THILBURG and Maria Elisabetha TROUMPH. Andreas KAISER was married > on 13 July 1841 at Freudenburg, Germany to Maria KAISER, daughter of > Michaelis KAISER AND Anna MAAS. Michaelis KAISER was the son of Lucia > KAISER and Anna MAAS, the daughter of Joseph MAAS and Anna HILLENDORF. > > To Andreas and Maria, the following children were born: Nicholas in > 1842, and Eva in 1845. Maria died before 1849. At this time it is > unknown exactly when, or the cause. > > On 26 May 1849, Andreas KAISER was married to Magdelena ESSLINGER at > Freudenburg. She was born 9 January 1821 to Mathias ESELINGER and > Catharina ZEHREN. Mathias was the son of Mathias ESELINGER and Susanne > FAH. Catharina was the daughter of Mathias ZEHREN and Anne WEBER. Anton > ZEHREN and Margaretha BOESEN were the parents of Mathias ZEHREN. Anton's > father was also named Mathias. Margaretha was the daughter of Michael > BOESEN. > > Anne WEBER was the daughter of Christian WEBER and Elisabeth LINDEN > REIDEN, LINDEN believed to be her maiden name. Christian was the son of > Jacob WEBER and Anna Barbara BERG. > > Jacob's father was also Jacob and his mother was Johanna MAY, daughter > of Mathias MAY and his wife Editha. > > Andreas KAISER and Magdelena ESSLINGER KAISER became the parents of the > following children: Anna born in 1850. She married Christian WEBER. > Peter born in 1854 married Susan OLINGER. Lawrence born in 1858 married > Mary PETRY. Jolin or John born in 1859 married Marietta KESSLER. Andrew > B. born in 1861 married Nel HUGHES MAROHL. Jacob B. born in 1863 married > Susan PETRY. Theresa born in 1867 married Garrett HUGHES. Mary born in > 1867 married John OHLINGER. A daughter Magdelena was also born to them > 24 October 1851 in Freudenburg. It is believed that she died at an early > age. Thre is also a daughter Elisabetha who was four months old when > they left Freudenburg. At this time, there is no knowledge of what > happened to her. Gravesites have not been found for either of the two > girls to date. > > **************************************************************************** > > > Anna KAISER, first child of Andreas and Magdelena, married Christian > WEBER, the son of Michael WEBER and Elisabeth KAISER. Michael WEBER, > born 19 May 1807 was the son of Petri WEBER and Elisabetha FISCHER. > Elisabeth KAISER born 13 November 1823 was the daughter of Michaelis > KAISER and Magdelena SPANIER born 24 April 1796 at Weiler. She was the > daughter of Nicolaus SPANIER and Susanna Driesch. Nicolaus and Susanna > were married 25 Jan. 1791. Susanna DRIESCH SPANIER was born 14 Nov. 1768 > and died 1 Jan 1825. Parents of Nicolaus SPANIER were Johann SPANIER > born 23 March 1731 at Weiten and Catharina FRITZ born 5 April 1737 at > Mettlach. Johann SPANNIER's parents were Gotthard SPANIER born before > 1647 and died 19 April 1727 at Freudenburg, and his wife Anna SCHU born > circa 1669 and died 31 May 1711. > > The following children were born to Anna KAISER and Christian WEBER. > Andrew born 24 January 1870. He married Amy THOMSON. Henry born in 1881. > He married Mary SCHMIDTKE. Lorenz (L.B.) born in 1879, married Jenny > HUGHES. Peter born in 1875 married Clara KREUGER. John or Johnny as he > was known born in 1886, never married. Nettie (Jeanette) born in 1885, > married Max POLEGE. Lena (Magdelena) born in 1873 married DeWaine REED. > Katie (Katherine) born in 1877 who married Charles KOHL. Mary born in > 1887 who married Frank (Francis Hubert) Laessig. And Jake born in 1889 > and died very young, 2 November 1890. > > Research attributed to the efforts of Dan Zehren, Jean Rayford, Mae > Sazama and Patti Laessig.